I always heard him called: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Dean_(Ufologist)
Terry On Tue, Nov 11, 2008 at 10:59 AM, OrionWorks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I wish to once again thank Thomas Malloy for alerting me through the > vortex list of the fact that an extensive interview was recently > assembled on a fascinating individual, a UFOlogist named Bob Dean. The > interview was conducted and produced by an organization called Project > Camelot. The curious can download various video formats of the Dean > interview at: > > http://www.projectcamelot.net/bob_dean.html > > My only real complaint concerning the quality of this low-budget > production was the fact that I occasionally wished the interviewer > would have been a little less intrusive in her questioning of Mr. > Dean. I found her interviewing skills distracting as she attempted to > steer Mr. Dean to answer certain questions and issues that she > personally felt were more important than what Mr. Dean was in the > process of discussing. These kinds of interviewing "derailments" > annoyed me to no end, and to put it mildly annoyed a hell of a lot of > "reviewers", particularly a few who posted totally unwarranted and > absolutely scurrilous diatribes about the interviewer's interviewing > skills out on the google videos web site. But that's really a very > minor criticism, IMO. Despite these impediments Mr. Dean was still > able to get the bulk of what he really wanted to say, said. > > So... What does Mr. Dean have to say about all those mysterious UFOs > and the "pilots" who pilot such craft? Far more than I can possibly > say in this short little post. There's no way I could possibly give > the subject any real justice. I'll only mention the fact that Mr. Dean > is well known within most UFO corners and communities. What makes Dean > perhaps a bit more interesting than the garden variety kind is the > fact that when he was in the service he had a pretty high secret > clearance rating. At one point he was stationed in an exclusive > enclave of NATO headquarters. It was during this time that Dean > claimed to have read an interesting internal report on the UFO > phenomenon, an "Assessment of the Situation." It changed his view of > the world, the universe. It changed him. > > I can see why some strict fundamentalists, those who interpret their > holy book in strict literal terms, would find what Mr. Dean has had to > say on the UFO subject disturbing. As for me, while I truly found this > interview fascinating, even informative at times, I did not really > uncover anything that I had not essentially heard elsewhere in bits > and pieces, here and there in prior UFO literature. Perhaps I've been > desensitized. > > I do have a confession to make: What I personally find ironic, even > revelatory, is the fact that I have found the religious fundamentalist > perspective on the UFO phenomenon to be far more bizarre in its > personal "Assessment of the Situation" as compared to what Bob Dean > has had to say. Go figure. > > As for what I personally believe may be going on, in the skies, high > above us... I dunno. I really don't. I have my suspicions and > speculations, but hey don't we all have our "opinions". All I know is > that it does not serve me very well to think of myself as nothing more > than a "drumbstick", as allegedly the view that certain religious > fundamentalist have of themselves, or to be more precise, how they > perceive that aliens perceive them as. > > PS: I was astonished to discover that Bob Dean, the "Bob Dean" > UFOlogist version, is NOT listed out in Wikipedia. See: > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Dean > > "Bob Dean (1930 – 2007) was a kicker and two way lineman with the > Edmonton Eskimos of the Canadian Football League." > > Is this yet another example of the never ending conspiracy program to > "suppress the truth", to keep the public clueless of the UFO > phenomenon??? Is this yet more examples of informational deflection > and disinformation? > > Yeah... right. > > Regards > Steven Vincent Johnson > www.OrionWorks.com > www.zazzle.com/orionworks > >
